Space

The LightSail space craft. Image courtesy of The Planetary Society.

Experimental LightSail satellite dead in orbit

The new SpaceShipTwo under construction by Virgin Galactic. Image courtesy of Virgin Galactic.

Virgin Galactic pushes ahead in wake of tragic crash

The Blue Origin New Shepard being tested earlier this year - image courtesy of Blue Origin.

Blue Origin may build new $220m rocket factory in Florida

The ill-fated Proton-M Rocket together with the spacecraft MexSat-1 prior to launch from the Malonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan - image courtesy of Roscosmos

Rocket carrying $390m Mexican satellite crashes in Siberia

A Russian Progress spacecraft similar to the version which has spun out of control en route to the ISS. Image courtesy of NASA.

Russian spacecraft burns up after re-entry over Pacific Ocean

A Russian Progress spacecraft similar to the version which has spun out of control en route to the ISS. Image courtesy of NASA.

Russian ISS resupply spacecraft spins out of control

Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (top) and NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, wave farewell as they board the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft ahead of launch.

Astronaut Scott Kelly’s year in space to help prepare for manned Mars mission

An artist impression of a NASA astronaut visiting a captured asteroid in lunar orbit - image courtesy of NASA

NASA details ambitious asteroid capture plan

A Chinese astronaut prepares to travel into space - image courtesy of Chinese Manned Space Engineering.

Chinese space station plans accelerated

NASA test the rocket booster for their Space Launch System at Utah. Photo courtesy of NASA

NASA prepares for deep space exploration with test of its most powerful rocket ever

An image or the Ceres dward planet courtesy of NASA

NASA probe Dawn enters orbit of dwarf planet